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Nawab of Pataudi

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of)

Born: 16 March 1910, Pataudi, Punjab
Died: 5 January 1952, New Delhi
Major Teams: Oxford University, Maharajah of Patiala's XI; Maharajah of Patiala's XII, Worcestershire, Western India, Southern Punjab, England, India.
Known As: Nawab of Pataudi
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat


Test Debut: England v Australia at Sydney, 1st Test, 1932/33
Latest Test:
England v India at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1946

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1932

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 17/08/1946)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    6   10   0   199  102   19.90   1   0    0   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1928 - 1946)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  127  204  24  8750  238*  48.61  29  34   58   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               756   529   15  35.26  6-111   1   0  50.4  4.19

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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The senior Nawab of Pataudi, Iftikhar Ali Khan, is the only Test cricketer to have played for both England and India. Educated at Aitchison's College, Lahore and Balliol College, Oxford, he made the England squad for the `Bodyline' series. Pataudi followed in the footsteps of Ranji and Duleep by scoring a hundred at the Sydney Cricket Ground on his first Ashes appearance, which was also his Test debut. However he was dropped after the next Test, apparently because he disagreed with the `Bodyline' tactics of his skipper, Douglas Jardine, and returned home before the end of the tour. Punishing form for Worcestershire in the 1933 and 1934 English seasons earned him a recall for one Test against the visiting Aussies in the latter year, the last time he turned out for his adopted country.

Pataudi was appointed Indian captain several months ahead of the tour of England in 1936. The idea was that he could watch the players in the winter series against the visiting Australians led by Jack Ryder and pick the side he wanted but the advance planning came to naught when Pataudi withdrew in February claiming he was not fully fit. It was only ten years later that he finally led an Indian team to England although it was not a very well conceived move. Pataudi, then 36, was considerably past his prime and had played little first class cricket in the preceding years. He made close to thousand runs on the tour and showed rare glimpses from the past, with centuries against Nottinghamshire and Sussex. But the Nawab averaged just 11 in the Tests, which India lost 1-0, and ill health forced him to hang his boots up soon after. Five years later, he died while playing a game of polo, ironically on his son, Mansur Ali Khan's birthday. ( Sankhya Krishnan)


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